Media Response |

- City of Ballarat Director of Infrastructure and Environment Terry Demeo

The City of Ballarat will assist the contractors and state agencies in relation to any advice around the mine shaft issue at the station precinct.

However, in respect to physical works the site is under the contractor's control completely and it is State Government controlled land hence Council will not be involved in physical works.

The issues surrounding mine shafts opening up across Ballarat is a regular item. Historically, the shafts were capped with timber but many of these caps are getting towards the end of their life. Council deals with one to two instances per year on average which sees these shafts capped with steel/concrete now as a standardised practice.